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Book Review of “Damaged Goods: The Rise and Fall of Sir Philip Green’ by Oliver Shah

May 31, 2024

This month’s book review is the really good story of the rise and fall of Philip Green and if even half the story is to be believed, then whilst he and his wife may have seen lots of the rises, everyone around them experienced many many falls!!    The book…

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EIS USE DOWN BUT STILL A GREAT SCHEME

May 31, 2024

Surprisingly the number of deals and the amount invested under EIS (Enterprise Investment Schemes) fell last year by 15%.    The number of companies raising funding through the scheme fell from 4,480 to 4,205 last year, raising just under £2bn between them, down from a record £2.3bn the previous year. …

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Cashflow & Funding Risk

Apr 30, 2024

Cash is King! Cashflow is the lifeblood of any and every business and a lack of cash to pay bills as they fall due has crashed many a seemingly profitable, successful business.    A business needs to plan and monitor its cashflow and the timings of those cashflows to ensure…

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Book Review of “Going Infinite – The rise and fall of a new tycoon’ by Michael Lewis

Apr 30, 2024

This month’s book review is from the award-winning author of Moneyball, Liar’s Poker and many more, Michael Lewis.     This is the story of Sam Bankman-Fried, commonly known as SBF, the 32-year-old, and formerly one of the world’s youngest billionaires, who founded the crypto-currency exchange, FTX and saw its meteoric…

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STEPHEN BARTLETT TOUR

Apr 30, 2024

Having already read the Stephen Bartlett book, Diary of a CEO, and listened to a great number of the Diary of a CEO podcasts (which are excellent if you have not already subscribed), the other week we went to see him in his Business & Life Speaking Tour in Liverpool.…

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NORTHERN POWERHOUSE INVESTMENT FUND II

Apr 5, 2024

Some great news for the North funding market this month with the launch of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II.   This is a fund of £660m covering the entire North of England including the North West, Yorkshire and the Humber and the whole of the North East.   Its’s purpose is…

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2023 FULL YEAR EQUITY FUNDRAISING INDICES

Apr 5, 2024

Data has been released on 2023 levels of equity raised for UK companies, with all data and graphs produced by MarktoMarket, the data platform and marketplace providing intelligence to those operating in the SME markets. 

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Elon Musk – Book Review

Apr 5, 2024

This months review is is the excellent book ‘Elon Musk’ by Walter Isaacson who had unparalleled access to Musk, his people, his family and his companies for 2 years, and tells of his amazing work ethic and achievements to date.

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The Americans are Coming

Mar 5, 2024

There have been a lot of recent press comment on US firms buying up UK tech businesses, and this has certainly been the case. This has also been helped by the exchange rate making UK businesses more affordable to overseas buyers.  However, putting technology as a sector to one side,…

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